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Gautham Rao Completes Each Vacation with an Archive Trip

Gautham Rao Completes Each Vacation with an Archive Trip

Listen to Episode 102 of Drafting the Past

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Matthew Avery Sutton Religiously Opposes the Block Quote

Matthew Avery Sutton Religiously Opposes the Block Quote

Episode 93 of the Drafting the Past podcast

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Richard Bell Boils and Distills

Richard Bell Boils and Distills

Episode 89 of the Drafting the Past podcast

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Episode 73: Tyler Anbinder Revises Every Day That He Writes

Episode 73: Tyler Anbinder Revises Every Day That He Writes

Download ed48b984-d5ee-425f-bb06-c2277b4aa8b8.mp3 Historians never quite know what kind of discoveries will enable them to write a history. For today’s guest, the list of things that contributed to his most recent book included a long-shot grant proposal, an elementary school fundraiser, and the rise

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Episode 60: Rebecca Brenner Graham Gives Us the Publicity Behind-the-Scenes

Episode 60: Rebecca Brenner Graham Gives Us the Publicity Behind-the-Scenes

Download 8e98aa87-c4a6-4e67-8d86-4dd4ae181d07.mp3 In this episode Kate is joined by writer and historian Dr. Rebecca Brenner Graham. Rebecca is a post-doctoral research associate at Brown University, but before that she taught high school history, an experience that we talk a lot more about in this

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Episode 56: James Chappel Tames the Waterfall of Detail

Episode 56: James Chappel Tames the Waterfall of Detail

Download f725398e-9fbe-4463-aa57-c34ff0bc57ba.mp3 In this episode Kate is joined by Duke University historian James Chappel. James is the author of two books. His first book is titled Catholic Modern: The Challenge of Totalitarianism and the Remaking of the Church, and it focuses on the transformation of

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Episode 51: Lindsay Chervinsky Loves That Writing Is Work

Episode 51: Lindsay Chervinsky Loves That Writing Is Work

Download d9b4b7bc-ec3d-442c-a3ea-85383a3164cc.mp3 In this episode, Kate Carpenter interviews Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky, a historian of the presidency, political culture, and the government, and the executive director of the George Washington Presidential Library. Her first book, which came out in 2020, was The Cabinet: George Washington and

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Episode 43: Margaret O'Mara Starts with the People

Episode 43: Margaret O'Mara Starts with the People

Download f84757da-431c-4bbe-a740-5e645f3a407f.mp3 For this episode Kate Carpenter interviews Dr. Margaret O’Mara. Margaret is a professor of modern American history at the University of Washington, and the author of multiple books, including Cities of Knowledge: Cold War Science and the Search for the Next Silicon

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Episode 41: Nathan Perl-Rosenthal Doesn't Want to Let Go

Episode 41: Nathan Perl-Rosenthal Doesn't Want to Let Go

In this episode, Kate welcomes historian Dr. Nathan Perl-Rosenthal. Nathan is a professor history at the University of Southern California. His first book, Citizen Sailors: Becoming American in the Age of Revolution, came out in 2015. His new book just came out this month, February 2024, from Basic

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